Daniel J. Buzzetta

Experience

Class Action

• Representing private placement agent in class action securities fraud litigation in federal court.

• Defended national waste management company in multiple putative class actions alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices.

• Defended national broker-dealer in putative class actions concerning alleged securities violations, employment practices and violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

• Obtained summary judgment dismissal of class action antitrust complaint against national waste management company.

Commercial Business Torts and Securities Litigation 

• Representing client in federal court defending claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract and violation of federal stored communications act.

• Obtained settlement on behalf of client against a competitor who tortiously interfered with client’s customer relations and converted client’s property.

• Represented a corporate third party subpoena recipient in a civil lawsuit involving former President Donald Trump, successfully narrowing the subpoena’s scope and limiting the burden on the third party.

• National coordinating defense counsel of large public company in multistate litigation involving claims of deceptive trade practices, tortious interference with business relations, breach of contract and anticompetitive conduct, resulting in successful critical injunctive relief in two courts.

• Defended nutraceutical company in litigation against a shareholder in federal court, and prosecuted related trademark infringement in arbitration, resulting in relinquishment of adversary's stock and monetary settlement of infringement claim.

• Represented industry broker in a breach of contract dispute against manufacturer of airplane component parts before the International Center for Dispute Resolution resulting in a multimillion-dollar settlement.

• Obtained dismissal of civil RICO claims on behalf of real estate developer.

• Represented court-appointed trustees of liquidating trust in securities litigation and global asset tracing resulting in worldwide recoveries of more than $200 million.

• Member of trial team in federal district court representing biomedical company in litigation involving unfair trade practices and breach of noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

• Represented international construction firm concerning payment dispute, lien claims, defective design and construction claims, and surety claims.

• Advised leading independent power producer on litigation avoidance and strategy concerning $310 million power plant in the Dominican Republic.

• Conducted internal investigation on behalf of trustee of a bankrupt publicly held technology company concerning claims of fiduciary malfeasance and fraud by former owners and directors.

• Represented e-commerce company investigated by New York Attorney General.

Banking

• Represented banking regulators defending claims of unlawful closure of federally chartered financial institution involved in fraudulent banking practices.

• Represented banking regulators asserting professional liability and fraud claims against advisors of federally chartered financial institution concerning $450 million project finance loan for the development of cogeneration power plant in New York State.

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction (2017 to 2021)
• International Bar Association
• The Fund for Modern Courts

Pro Bono

• Has handled numerous cases for Her Justice (formerly inMotion), an organization providing legal services to low-income women in New York City.